Kickstarter: Project Fedora, new Tex Murphy game

May 17th, 2012, 19:56

Okay, so I've seen a couple more of these threads. It's just that this is the first kickstarter project that has even got ME to pledge $150. I want this game so bad but it's not looking very good right now with $171,827 of $450,000 pledges and only 29 days to go. Sigh… so I made this post, or something.

“Project Fedora” will continue the amazing adventures of Tex Murphy, the down-on-his-luck P.I. in post-apocalyptic San Francisco. This long-awaited game will be the sixth in the adventure series, which includes the award-winning games Under a Killing Moon, The Pandora Directive and Overseer."

Originally Posted by Thaurin
I want this game so bad but it's not looking very good right now with $171,827 of $450,000 pledges and only 29 days to go. Sigh…

Not good? They just started and it is their 3rd day and they have had a much better start than the SpaceVenture project, which is doing rather poorly at this very moment.

Unfortunately, I never played any of the Tex Murphy games but considering the impressive average pledge of around $100, there must be a very faithful following, which would be an indicator of the quality of the series.

Since I like adventure games and considering the many highly positive comments regarding the series, I decided to pledge as well.

Originally Posted by Asdraguuhl
Not good? They just started and it is their 3rd day and they have had a much better start than the SpaceVenture project, which is doing rather poorly at this very moment.

Alright! That's really good then! Not the SpaceVenture part, I loved those games back in the day as well. I'm considering pleding for that, too.

See, I couldn't readily find the starting date and, not knowing much about this whole Kickstarter thing, I thought getting more than $200,000 in under a month looked a little bleak. Glad to hear that I'm wrong. Kind of sad to realize that I will be down $150 soon, lol.

Unfortunately, I never played any of the Tex Murphy games but considering the impressive average pledge of around $100, there must be a very faithful following, which would be an indicator of the quality of the series.

They were one of the pioneers of the emergence of CD-ROM and the use of FMV in games. It's also one of the few fully 3D adventure games ever made. Multiple story paths and endings, a good mix of humour, sci-fi and film noir and lots of video with real live actor and a good story featuring the lovable P.I. Tex Murphy. Unfortunately, the controls were pretty horrible, but that would be resolved in this new game.

Since I like adventure games and considering the many highly positive comments regarding the series, I decided to pledge as well.

Originally Posted by Thaurin
See, I couldn't readily find the starting date and, not knowing much about this whole Kickstarter thing, I thought getting more than $200,000 in under a month looked a little bleak. Glad to hear that I'm wrong. Kind of sad to realize that I will be down $150 soon, lol.

Just did my part. Backed the Jane Jensen project, Grin Dawn and the Tex Murphy game.

— "Chess in particular had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went off and slaughtered their fellow pawns while the kings lounged about doing nothing that always got to him; if only the pawns united, maybe talked the rooks around, the whole board could've been a republic in a dozen moves."- Commander Vimes in Thud! by Terry Pratchett

1) Everyone who has pledged at least $15 gets a chance at winning a piece of Tex memorabilia.

2) Anyone who upgrades their pledge by $15 from the time UPDATE 34 was launched has a chance at winning an upgrade to the $1,000 tier. 3 people in total will win an upgraded tier. If you are selected and have already pledged at the $1,000 tier, you will receive one of the Tex memorabilia pieces.